London
London
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USDThe publisher and writer Charles Knight (1791–1873) was apprenticed to his printer father, but later became a journalist and then proprietor of various periodicals and magazines, many of which were driven by his concern for the education of the poor. As an author, he published a variety of works, including The Old Printer and the Modern Press (also reissued in this series). He claimed that this six-volume work on the architecture and history of London, published between 1841 and 1844, was neither a history nor a survey of London, but looked 'at the Present through the Past, and at the Past through the Present'. It relies on the skills of eminent artists to bring both the present and the past of London to life, and is arranged thematically rather than chronologically or geographically. This is a fascinating account of what was then the greatest city in the world.
Product details
May 2014Paperback
9781108073950
442 pages
254 × 178 × 23 mm
0.76kg
99 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Analytical table of contents
- 26. The buildings of St Paul's
- 27. The College of Physicians
- 28. The priory and church of St Bartholomew
- 29. The priory and church of St Bartholomew
- 30. The House of Commons
- 31. The House of Commons (cont.)
- 32. Milton's London
- 33. The Charter House
- 34. St John's Gate
- 35. The Strand
- 36. The Strand (cont.)
- 37. London antiquaries
- 38.-42. The Tower
- 43. Old Royal Exchange and its founder
- 44. The Royal Exchange and the South Sea House
- 45. Smithfield
- 46. Christ's Hospital
- 47. Some features of London life in the last century
- 48. St James's Palace
- 49. Spitalfields
- 50. The Custom House.
